man0fsteel
07-06-2012, 10:41 AM
Donny (bachiboy) calls up my buddy and says lets go fish Bolsa Chica on the 4th. We can go early and have the wives and kids meet us later (Donny's a thinking man) :Secret:. So I get the call and we decide to get there at 6:00 am when the gates open. Ended up getting there at 6:20 as there was a long line at the gate to get in. As soon as we pull in, Donny looks over and a fella I've never met (but I felt like I did) pulls up right next to us.
I ask, are you Pontoon? Sure enough it was! Donny had met Terry on a couple other outings but it was my first time meeting the man who's posts on his quest to become a SWAT certified member kept me from my daily work for many hours.
Turns out Terry and John (Nipple twister) planned to meet up for some fishing and we just happened to crash their party. Here's the crew heading out
http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee326/parksteel/Fishing%20Pics/IMG_1264.jpg
Low tide was at 4:30 am or so and we were able to wade out pretty far. John hooked up with a bsp pretty quick, followed by a short hali from Donny (no pictures...John got the dreaded blinking *no battery* light and Donny's popped off when he grabbed the lure).
http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee326/parksteel/Fishing%20Pics/IMG_1265.jpg
Okay! Things were looking up! But then nothing for the next hour.
So we went to another sandbar a little further south and BOOM! Terry is hooked up! In his, hmmm, how do I say this? Ah...while concentrating on fighting the fish, Terry's incredible single mindedness caused him to not notice the sneaker wave that crashed at his shins. But in a feat only a few of us could manage, Terry's catlike reflexes kept him in the game. With is his feet taken out from under him, he still managed to keep his rod tip high, and his beautiful reel (is that a Pluton?) out of the white water...all the while keeping his line tight. Shortly after righting the ship, Terry pulled up what I thought was a chunky corbina...but as I got closer and snapped a picture, I was corrected...
http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee326/parksteel/Fishing%20Pics/IMG_1266.jpg
Way to go T! A freaking WSB off a sandy beach? Woulda never believed it had I not seen it myself. In the spirit of the upcoming Olympics, I score this 8.5 for size and a 10.0 for technical difficulty :Razz:
Not more than a few minutes later, my other buddy Nate hooks into another fish! Sweet! Maybe there's a school of those juveniles out there. Turned out to be a short hali (first time he was disappointed with one of those, but he was hoping for a wsb)
Terry got some pics of him but before he could pose with it, senor halibut jumped ship and went home :ROFL:
http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee326/parksteel/Fishing%20Pics/IMG_1268.jpg
Just when we were thinking it was about to bust wide open, that was the last fish of the day. Terry had to head off to the airport to get his daughter so that was a good time to reel up and go say hi to the women and children. I was a single dude that day so I fished a bit more at the tide change but ended the day with the big :Skunk:
But you know, I got to meet a couple of the SWAT team and it was a pleasure to see 'em in action, shoot the breeze, and I was glad to see Terry land that ghost from a partially seated position :Not Worthy:
I'm off to Montana to fish for some freshwater denizens. I look forward to seeing what you guys are catching on the coast.
Greg
I ask, are you Pontoon? Sure enough it was! Donny had met Terry on a couple other outings but it was my first time meeting the man who's posts on his quest to become a SWAT certified member kept me from my daily work for many hours.
Turns out Terry and John (Nipple twister) planned to meet up for some fishing and we just happened to crash their party. Here's the crew heading out
http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee326/parksteel/Fishing%20Pics/IMG_1264.jpg
Low tide was at 4:30 am or so and we were able to wade out pretty far. John hooked up with a bsp pretty quick, followed by a short hali from Donny (no pictures...John got the dreaded blinking *no battery* light and Donny's popped off when he grabbed the lure).
http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee326/parksteel/Fishing%20Pics/IMG_1265.jpg
Okay! Things were looking up! But then nothing for the next hour.
So we went to another sandbar a little further south and BOOM! Terry is hooked up! In his, hmmm, how do I say this? Ah...while concentrating on fighting the fish, Terry's incredible single mindedness caused him to not notice the sneaker wave that crashed at his shins. But in a feat only a few of us could manage, Terry's catlike reflexes kept him in the game. With is his feet taken out from under him, he still managed to keep his rod tip high, and his beautiful reel (is that a Pluton?) out of the white water...all the while keeping his line tight. Shortly after righting the ship, Terry pulled up what I thought was a chunky corbina...but as I got closer and snapped a picture, I was corrected...
http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee326/parksteel/Fishing%20Pics/IMG_1266.jpg
Way to go T! A freaking WSB off a sandy beach? Woulda never believed it had I not seen it myself. In the spirit of the upcoming Olympics, I score this 8.5 for size and a 10.0 for technical difficulty :Razz:
Not more than a few minutes later, my other buddy Nate hooks into another fish! Sweet! Maybe there's a school of those juveniles out there. Turned out to be a short hali (first time he was disappointed with one of those, but he was hoping for a wsb)
Terry got some pics of him but before he could pose with it, senor halibut jumped ship and went home :ROFL:
http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee326/parksteel/Fishing%20Pics/IMG_1268.jpg
Just when we were thinking it was about to bust wide open, that was the last fish of the day. Terry had to head off to the airport to get his daughter so that was a good time to reel up and go say hi to the women and children. I was a single dude that day so I fished a bit more at the tide change but ended the day with the big :Skunk:
But you know, I got to meet a couple of the SWAT team and it was a pleasure to see 'em in action, shoot the breeze, and I was glad to see Terry land that ghost from a partially seated position :Not Worthy:
I'm off to Montana to fish for some freshwater denizens. I look forward to seeing what you guys are catching on the coast.
Greg